Amid rumors that the rapper has moved on with Meek Mill, Samuels has decided to go public and talk about why he “walked away” from his relationship with Minaj after 12 years. Explaining that “the respect was gone” in their romance, Samuels says he felt like he was “being treated like an employee instead of like her man” towards the end of their relationship.

“That was my soulmate,” Samuels adds of his ex. “Me and her were calling all the shots.”

Samuels explains that the only reason he decided to speak publicly about their past — and respond to her negative comments about him — is because he doesn’t appreciate how she has been recently discrediting him as an executive producer on their past projects.

“I never planned on talking about nothing,” he says. “But to publicly try to pull me down, that’s just when I’m like, ‘Yo, you getting ridiculous.’ I don’t try to publicly pull you down.”